When less is more: Feedback, priming, and the pseudoword superiority effect

► We compared processing of pronounceable pseudowords and consonant strings. ► All nonword stimuli differed from a real word by a single letter (STRENG, STRBNG). ► Differences in the ERPs generated by the two types of nonword emerged late (290 ms). ► Early effects of priming by a word neighbor (e.g., STRONG) were found.